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Joint Pain

Most women--and men--experience some kind of joint pain as they grow older. Stiff joints, bursitis, back problems, shoulder pain, knee trouble.

Check out our articles on alternative therapies, exercise, and diet and nutrition--all of which can help you lead a painfree life without resorting to prescription drugs and unnecessary surgery.

Quick Reads

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3 At-Your-Desk Stretches

Try these exercises to unwind your muscles without leaving your desk.

Jump-Start Joint Health

Keep your joints in optimal shape with these tips.

Happy Feet

Flip-flops could be doing your feet harm.

What's in Your Bag?

Lugging around an oversized tote on one shoulder can cause back and neck pain.

Carpal Tunnel Tips

Natural help for CTS.

75%

Calcium and vitamin D supplements can lower a woman’s risk of stress fracture by 75%.

To Ice or Not to Ice?

Calm inflammation and reduce muscle spasms with ice and heat.

Chronic pain relief may come more often from complementary and alternative medicine.

Another Reason to Ditch the Pill

Birth-control pills may hinder healing time if you have a knee injury.

Natural Pain Relief

Natural pain killers work—without the unwanted side effects.

Quick Exercises for Tendonitis

Q. What’s the best alternative remedy for joint pain?

Prolotherapy injects a boost for healing joint pain.

What’s My Alternative?: Back Injuries

Alternative therapies can heal an aching back.

Yoga for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Yoga can help ease carpal tunnel pain.

Health Matters—Sweet Remedy for Fibromyalgia

A recent pilot study may have found a remedy for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.

My First Time—Sole Survivor

A reader’s first experience with reflexology.

Lift Brain Fog

Here are five common causes of “brain fog” and what you can do to bring back the sunshine.

Heal Thyself—New Hope for Fibromyalgia

The 6 million Americans, 67 percent of them women, who suffer from fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) have waited on pins and needles for this news:

Reduce Inflammation With Boswellia

Boswellia (Boswellia serrata), also known as Indian frankincense, belongs to a family of resinous trees renowned for their oil.

Black Cohosh

(Cimicifuga racemosa) is a traditional Native American herb that has been used for women’s health issues for thousands of years.

Read All About It

This section delves deep into the heart of the matter. Click below to read in-depth investigations, article features, cover stories, and the inspirational journeys of others.

You Tell Us: Natural Therapies to Relieve Joint Pain

Readers share their tips and tricks to relieve joint pain using natural therapies

Power Over Pain

How to prevent and ease everyday aches

The Back Story

One woman’s mission to cure her aching back without surgery or drugs

No Pain, All Gain

Your whole-body plan to end chronic aches for good starts here.

Pill Free, Pain Free

NSAIDs do block inflammation-causing enzymes and lower pain, but with some pretty serious side effects.

Tame Your Tendonitis

Chinese medicine can put the play back in your tennis elbow.

Roller Girl

The process of rolling over a muscle restores the body to an optimal level of function by manipulating the soft tissue.

’Til Death Do Us Part?

Promising research and a host of new therapies offer hope for TMJD sufferers.

Confronting Fibromyalgia

Suffering from fibromyalgia is like living every single day with an awful hangover—body aches, brain fog, and exhaustion. But new alternative treatments offer hope for people who thought they had tried everything.

Rejuvenating Heat Baths

Feel the Heat
Sweating it out in saunas and steam

Gyration Nation

Gyrotonic exercises are designed to lengthen muscles, stimulate circulation and increase joint mobility.

Keep Those Joints Jumping

Yes, the anklebone’s connected to the shinbone, and the shinbone’s connected to the thighbone, but what about those poor under-sung joints in between?

Cool Relief for Headaches

Cutting-edge therapies for migraines, fibromyalgia, and arthritis.

Heal Thyself—Spotlight on Fibromyalgia

Intravenous Micronutrient Therapy is a new therapy that's been giving fibromyalgia sufferers some lasting relief.

The Herb That Came in From the Cold

Meet Rhodiola rosea, a supplement that boosts energy, sharpens memory, fights depression—and is just emerging from the shadows of Soviet secrecy.

Heal Thyself—Spotlight on Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Gut-level solutions for irritable bowel syndrome: diet, hypnotherapy, herbs, and more.

The Best Energy-Boosters

Energy boosters worth getting jazzed about.

After the Fall

A minor mishap turns one woman’s life into a living hell.

The Buzz on Bee Products

Bee products worth the buzz.

Jumpstart Your Joints

Joint pain is one of the most common medical ailments, and it’s also one of the most bewildering.

Ask The Doctor

Everyone can use good advice. Below, we've gathered top queries and answers for you. Don't see the answer to your question? Email us and our team of experts with respond!

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Traditional Chinese Medicine's solutions for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Easing joint pain and lowering inflammation

Reducing inflammation and easing joint pain through supplements and diet adjustments.

Creamy Pain Relief

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